The Royal Sceptres
The Royal Sceptres
The Sceptres of Æthelred II.-Canute-Edward the Confessor-Harold-Henry III. - Henry IV. - Henry VII.- Charles II.-The Sceptres from James…
The Royal Sceptres: From Penny of Canute
FIRST GREAT OF EDWARD THE SEAL THE a CONFESSOR. subsisted from the time of Edward until to-day. Harold, on some of his coins, bears a…
The Royal Sceptres: Sceptre
Plate VIII THE KING'S ROYAL SCEPTRE THE ROYAL SCEPTRES THE KING'S ROYAL SCEPTRE WITH THE CROSS The King's Royal Sceptre with the Cross is…
The Royal Sceptres: Sir Edward Walker
The orb at the top is not specially described by Sir Edward Walker, but Sandford describes it as an amethyst, and in George IV.'s…
The Royal Sceptres: From Sir Edward Dove
CORONATION constantly used by kings from a very remote period. In France it was formerly the custom to let white doves loose in the church…
The Royal Sceptres: Queen's
THE ROYAL SCEPTRES each of its arms and 'a large one in the centre. In the middle of the sceptre is a space closely ornamented with sprays…
The Royal Sceptres: James II
This sceptre is not mentioned in Sandford's account of the coronation of James II. The Queen on that occasion used only the small ivory…